Heated seat for sportsmen



Sept. 11, `1951- A. s. CYPHERT 2,567,323 'HE'EJ SEAT -FOR" sPoRTs'MEN Filed April 29, 1949 A Harney Patented Sept. 11, 1951 UN IT ED F F ICE HEATED SEAT FOR SPORTSMEN Allan S. Cyphert. Saltsburg. Pa

Application April 29. 19519., .Serial N 0. 90,498

This invention relates to a .heater adapted to be utilized as a seat for lsportsmen, particularly hunters while on watch for ,game in cold weather or which may be utilized by others, out of doorsJ,

eliminates the need of a hunter moving and pos sibly frightening away game.

A further object of the invention .is to provide a heated seat of extremely simple construction having avery small fuel consumption and which will burn for many hours onas little as a pint of liquid fuel.

A further and primary object of .the present invention is to provide a heater with which a conventional type' o'f kerosene or similar fuel burner may be utilized and having 4means for regulating the burner wick :from a position externally of the heater casing so 'that it is not necessary to open the heater and reach into the hot interior thereof in order .t0 adjust the size of. the iiame.

Still a further and important object of `,the invention is to provide -an external 4.regulating means for the burner ."having the additional function of assisting in maintaining vthe burner detachably in a predetermined [posit-ion 'within the heater casing.

Various other objects .and advantages of the invention will hereinafter'become more fully 'apparent from the following description vof the drawing, illustrating a presently preferred -embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the heater;

Figure 2 is a substantially Vcentral vertical sectional View, partly in side elevation thereof,` taken substantially along a plane 'as 4`indicated by the line 2 2 of'Figure'l;

Figure isa horizontal sectional view ofthe heater taken substantially lalong a plane-as -indicated by the'line y3 3 of "FigureZv:

Figure 4 is .a perspective view showing vthe burner actuating .means detached from the heater;

Figure 5 vis a fragmentary side elevational view of theupper ,portion` df lthe.heater,jand

Figure 6 is a vertical sectionalview'itaken sub- 2 claims.V (el. 12e-9.6)

stantiallygalong a plane as indicated by the line 6 6 of `Figure 2.

vReferring more specifically .to the drawing, 'the vnovel heated seat in its entirety and which lcomprises the invention is designated. .generally l and includes a lheater casing .f8 which `is 'prefdera-bly provided with a cylindrical side wall 9 a bottom 4Ill and a top I I; however, said side wall 9 may v`be Aof any other desired cross sectional shape. As seen :in4 Figure 2, 'the :bottom Ij is provided With a .downwardly oiset peripheral portion defining an endless upwardly opening groove I2 for `receiving the bottom .edge of the side Wall -9 and in which .said .bottom ,edgemay be clamped or Lotherwise suitably ,and perina- -nently secured. The bottom lil is also Vprovided with short depend-ing legs I3, ladapted to nestion a r suitable supporting surface, .not ,-shown, for supporting the heater or heated seat l in an upright position. The side wall .i9 is `provided witha-rolledv-top .edge I4 .and the ltop `wall II is -swi-ngablysupported relatively to the upper `end of `thecylindrical side ywall :B by .a leaf lhinge I5 one xleaf of which is secured by rivets .t5 tov-,the upper side :of the .top `III and vthe other leaf of which is :similarly secured to the outer side Yof a j-portionof the wall .19. The'top II thus f fornris a :li-inge Acover which may .be swung upwardly and outwardly to expose lthe upper end of the heater 'casing 8 -as deiined by the rolled edge M and said cover I-:I is provided :with .a ,downwardly rolled -edge IFI which vengages over a portion o1 the rolled edge I4, when the cover II Yis. in a closed position, .as .best illustrated -in :Figure 2.

The cover II is adapted .to be detachably '-latched Iin .a closed position `by a latch,l desig- Y Vhated generally I8 including a hasp, designated generally I9, .composed of a stationaryhasp leaf 20 `-wlfiichlis riveted or :other-Wise secured as seen atZI to the uppersurface of the top I.I .ein substantially :diametrically .opposed relationship to the v:hinge I5 .and which extends outwardly over Athe rolleclredge .I 'I andis hingedly connected at 22 to :the other hasp leaf 23 Ywhich normally defpends `downwardly Vfrom the leaf 20 and-which lislprovided-with a longitudinally elongated opening -Mfor receiving'a staple 25,; forming the other part :of .the latch means I8. The staple 25 is lmounted by yits base 26 on vthe -outer :side A,of a `portion of the sidewall 9 to'which `said base 26 may be secured in any suitable manner as by meanspi rivets, -not shown, .and with the staple "zilpositioned with its :planedisposed longitudinal'ly thereof. It will lue readily apparent Vthat 65 9the vv=hasp leaf E23 ,zmayhe swung outwardly tand kof the casing 8 and provided the burner or heated seat 1 and upwardly for disengaging it from the staple 25 to permit the cover II to be swung upwardly and to the right on the hinge I5, as seen in Figure 5, to an open posi-tion.

The side wall 9 adjacent its upper rolled edge I4 is provided with a yseries of circumferentially spaced vent openings 21 and said side wall 9 is provided, near the bottom IIJ with another series of circumferentially spaced vent openings 28. The heater casing 8 is provided adjacent its bottom with a loop 29 by which the heater or heated seat 1 may be attached by snap fastener, not shown, to the belt or other part of the wearing apparel of a sportsman for carrying the heater, when not in use.

The casing bottom I0, on is provided with at least ing clips 30 each of which is fastened to the bottom I adjacent an end thereof by a rivet or similar fastening 3I and each of which has an inner upwardly extending and outwardly turned free end portion 32, which portions 32 are adapted to resiliently engage the annular wall of a reservoir 33 of a liquid fuel burner, designated generally 34, preferably of the type which burns kerosene, the bottom of which reservoir 33 rests on the upper side of the casing bottom l0 and is detachably retained in applied position by the spring clip portions 32. The liquid fuel burner 34 is of the wick type and is provided with a three spring retainflue or chimney 35 which is preferably formed of metal for surrounding the wick thereof, not shown, and which is preferably approximately three inches in height. The burner 34 is provided with a laterally projecting stem 36 on the outer end of which is secured a disk 31 and which stem 36 is adapted to be turned for raising or lowering the burner wick, in a conventional manner. The disk 31 is provided with two spaced openings 38.

A bracket, designated generally 39 is disposed within the casing 8 and is provided with outturned end portions 40 which are suitably secured to portions of the inner side of the casing wall 9 and an inwardly offset intermediate portion 4I having a flanged opening 42 which is adapted to be disposed in radial alignment with an opening 43 of the wall 9 to slidably and turnabl'y receive the elongated shank 44 of a wick actuating key, designated generally 45 having a handle portion 48 at its outer end and disposed externally at its inner end with a bifurcated head 41 having laterally spaced substantially parallel tines or furcations 48 which reciprocally engage in the openings 38' of the disk 31. An expansion coiled spring v49 is carried by the shank 44 and has one end thereof engaging the head 41 and its opposite end bearing against the flange surrounding ythe opening 42 for yieldably urging the turning key 45 inwardly of the casing 8 for releasably retaining the tines 48 in engagement with the disk openings 38. It will thus be readily apparent that'the key handle 46 is to be revolved for turning; the key 45 in either direction to cause the stem 36 to be turned in unison with the key for either raising or lowering the wick of the burner 34 to vary the size of the burner flame and the heat produced by that such adjustment can be accomplished without the necessity of reaching into the burner casing 8 or-opening the cover I I. It will also be readilyapparent that the key 45 will additionally function in comhina-tion with the spring clipsIlfor retaining U n-theburner 34l correctlypostionedl inthe-,casing an openposition' expose its upper, inner side 4 8 and that the key 45 can be retracted against the action of its spring 49 to disengage its tines 48 from the disk 31 while removing the burner 34 from Ithe casing 8 or while applying it thereto.

From the foregoing detailed description of the construction and operation of the heated seat or burner 1, it will be readily apparent that a portable burner of extremely simple construction has been provided which will be relatively light in weight sov that it can be conveniently carried and on which a sportsman may conveniently sit, after preferably applying a short board or disk of wood or other material to the top I I and by allowing his coat or outer garment to hang down so as to be disposed substantially around the burner 1, the heat therefrom will pass upwardly within such outer garment to afford maximum utilization thereof to maintain the user in a warm and comfortable condition. The lower ring of openings 28 are provided to admit air to the burner 34 and the upperring of openings 21 are provided for the release of the hot air and products of combustion from the casing 8.

Obviously, the` heated seat or heater 1 may be constructed in various sizes, as for example, the casing 8 may be approximately ten inches in diameter and approximately fourteen or fifteen inches in height and with the burner 34 of the proportionate size as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 and having a reservoir 33 of approximately a one 'pint capacity. With the low iiame which is required to maintain a comfortable heat, a one pint capacity fuel reservoir has been found sufficient to niaintain'the heater 1 in operation for approximately twelve hours.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the in vention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. A heated seat for Sportsmen comprising a heater casing adapted to rest on a supporting surface and having a top forming a seat which is hingedly mounted for swinging movement to an open position to expose the interior of the casing, said casing having a side wall provided with inlet and outlet openings, a wick-type liquid fuel burner of a cross sectional size substantially less than that of the casing demountably disposed within said casingand supported on the casing bottom, a plurality of spring clips secured to the upper, inner side of the casing bottom and yieldably engaging a part of the fuel burner for detachably retaining the burner in an upright position centrally within the casing and in engagement with the casing bottom, and a manually actuated wick adjusting means operable from a position externally of the casing for raising and lowering the burner wick, said burner having a wick actuating stem, a disk fixed to the stem and provided with ,diametrically spaced openings, said manually actuated wick adjusting means including a bifurcated end portion having tines detachably engaging the disk openings and a spring releasably retaining said tines in engagement with the disk openings, said disk, tines and spring cooperating with said spring clips for detachably retaining the .burner in an applied position within the casing and centrally thereof.

2..A heated seat for Sportsmen comprising a heater casing adapted to rest on a supporting surface and having a top forming a seat which is hingedly mounted for swinging movement to the interior of the casing, said casing having a side wall provided with inlet and outlet openings, a wick-type liquid fuel burner of a cross sectional size substantially less than that of the casing demountably disposed within said casing and supported on the casing bottom, a pluruality of spring clips secured to the upper, inner side of the casing bottom and yieldably engaging a part of the fuel burner for detachably retaining the burner in an upright position centrally within the casing and in engagement with the casing bottom, and a manually actuated Wick adjusting means operable from a position externally of the casing for raising and lowering the burner Wick, said burner having a radially projecting rotatably mounted Wick actuating stern, a disk fixed to the outer end of said stem and provided with diametrically spaced openings, said manually actuated wick adjusting means including an elongated shank extending radially through the side Wall of the casing and reciprocally and rotatably disposed therein, a handle on the outer end of said shank adapted to be manually engaged for turning the adjusting means and for retracting it away from the Wick actuating stem and disk, said shank having a bifurcated inner end including spaced substantially parallel tines detachably engaging the openings of said disk for turnably connecting the Wick adjusting means and stem, and an expansion spring carried by said shank and bearing against the bifurcated head and biasing said head toward the disk.

ALLAN S. CYPHERT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 208,251 Mains Sept. 24, 1878 237,346 Walter Feb. 1, 1881 1,247,518 Everett Nov. 20, 1917 

